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ASEAN Year 2020 logo announced

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism officially announced the official logo of the ASEAN Year 2020 at a ceremony in Hanoi on January 3.
ASEAN Year 2020 logo announced ảnh 1The official logo of the ASEAN Year 2020.

Hanoi (VNA) - TheMinistry of Culture, Sports and Tourism officially announced the official logo of the ASEAN Year 2020 ata ceremony in Hanoi on January 3.

The logo, designed by Pham Ngoc Thuong from the southern province of Long An, willbe used at all activities and events of ASEAN this year.

It incorporates the image of a lotus - the national flower of Vietnam – withthe three multi-colourful petals representing the three pillars of the ASEAN Community,namely the ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC), the ASEAN EconomicCommunity (AEC) and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC).

A flying chim lac - a legendary bird of Vietnam - symbolises the development,integration and prosperity of the bloc. The logo will be accompanied with theslogan ‘Cohesive and Responsive’.

The colours of the logo symbolise harmony, with yellow symbolising prosperity,optimism and joy; red meaning activeness and determination; while blue meanspeace, intelligence and belief.

The logo was selected from entries to design contest launched in April 2019.The contest received 167 entries sent by 61 artists nationwide.

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Le Quang Tung said on the basisof the published logo, the National ASEAN 2020 Committee will officially launch communication campaigns to promote the ASEAN Year 2020.

The ASEAN Year 2020 in Vietnam will prioritise attention onstrengthening regional solidarity and unity; maintaining an environment of peace,security, and stability; promoting regional, people-oriented, andpeople-centred connectivity; upholding ASEAN characteristics in effectiveadaptation to the Fourth Industrial Revolution; partnership for peace andsustainable development; and improving the bloc’s operational capacity./.

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